1 Timoseewo 3
1 Ekigambo kyesigwa. Omuntu yenna bw’ayagalanga okuba Omulabirizi aba yeegombye omulimu omulungi.
This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 Noolwekyo Omulabirizi kimugwanira okuba nga taliiko kya kunenyezebwa, nga musajja wa mukazi omu, nga muntu eyeefuga, nga mwegendereza, nga mukwata mpola, ayaniriza abagenyi, era ng’amanyi okuyigiriza.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Tateekwa kuba mutamiivu, era nga si mukambwe, wabula omuwombeefu, nga si muyombi era nga talulunkanira nsimbi.
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4 Ateekwa kuba ng’afuga bulungi amaka ge, abaana be nga bamuwulira, era nga bamussaamu ekitiibwa.
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 Kubanga omuntu atasobola kufuga maka ge, alisobola atya okulabirira ekkanisa ya Katonda?
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6 Omulabirizi tateekwa kuba muntu eyaakakkiriza Kristo, si kulwa nga yeekuluntaza, n’asalirwa omusango nga Setaani bwe yagusalirwa.
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 Asaanira okuba ng’assibwamu ekitiibwa abo abatali ba Kkanisa, si kulwa nga yeereetako ekivume.
Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Abadiikoni nabo kibagwanira okuba abantu abassibwamu ekitiibwa abatataaganaaga mu bigambo byabwe, abatatamiira, era abatalulunkanira bintu,
Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9 nga bakuuma ekyama ky’okukkiriza n’omutima omulongoofu.
Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 Basookanga kugezesebwa balyoke baweereze mu budiikooni nga tebaliiko kya kunenyezebwa.
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.
11 N’abakazi Abadiikoni bwe batyo nabo kibagwanidde okubeeranga abassibwamu ekitiibwa, abatawaayiriza, abeegendereza, era abeesigwa mu buli kintu.
Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12 Omudiikoni ateekwa okuba n’omukazi omu yekka, era ng’asobola okufuga obulungi abaana be, n’amaka ge.
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 Kubanga abaweereza obulungi bafuna ekifo ekya waggulu era baba n’obuvumu bungi mu kukkiriza okuli mu Kristo.
For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 Nkuwandiikidde ebintu ebyo nga nsuubira okujja gy’oli mangu;
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
15 kyokka bwe ndirwa omanye by’osaana okukola mu nnyumba ya Katonda, ye Ekkanisa ya Katonda omulamu, empagi n’omusingi eby’amazima.
But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16 Tewali kubuusabuusa ekyama ky’okutya Katonda kikulu ddala, era kigamba nti: “Yalabisibwa mu mubiri, n’akakasibwa Omwoyo nga bw’atuukiridde, n’alabibwa bamalayika, n’alangibwa mu mawanga, n’akkirizibwa mu nsi, era n’atwalibwa n’ekitiibwa mu ggulu.”
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
